Sibling for India and Rafferty

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Looking for inspiration for a name which goes well with India and Rafferty? Don’t know what we are having. Quite like Bodhi for a boy but nothing really shouting out to us in the way of girls names. Georgia maybe possibly?!

@DillonPanthersTexas and if you did you’d probably get your thread removed. Seen it done plenty of times.

@Germolenequeen you know exactly what is being implied and to pretend it’s not a class related comment is just being deliberately obtuse.

But no "class" is mentioned

@Germolenequeen
LOL. No class needs mentioning here.

Carol
Elaine
Gary
Dave

We have similar taste, I've got a new Rafferty! I come from a family with unusual names going back generations so wanted something with a classic feel but unusual.

Ignore the nasty posters, we've had nothing from compliments from people on his name. It might not be for everyone, but no name ever is!
The unpleasant posters probably have children with incredibly bland names and can't fathom the idea of wanting a more memorable and individual name.

We also considered Casper, Kit, Evander, Felix, Ophelia, Matilda, Tabitha, Felicity.

You've cherry picked those to suit your own argument

Those examples are the main elements of each vignette.

The majority of the individuals contributing to the article cited the responses of stupid, ignorant, and possibly hard of hearing others as reasons they regret name choices.

@TatianaBis

Balonz was funny. So was Garyanne.

GARYANNE!!!!😂😂 I am howling.

Gabriel and Aurora

I knew a brother and sister at school called Orlando and Jocasta.
They were known universally and introduced themselves as Olly and Jo.

I just had a look at the top 100 girls' names of 2020, and noticed that Sienna, Luna, Mya, Scarlett, Layla, Aria, Violet, Lotte, Aurora, and Lola are all more popular than Elizabeth, with Delilah only a couple of places behind, ahead of Eleanor, Hope, Zoe, Amelie and Anna.

So if a Delilah, Aurora or Lola would be an unusual bully-magnet, what hope is there for girls with the much more attention-seeking rarity value names outside the top 100, like Catherine, Eve, Megan or Isobel?

Anna
Beatrice
Clementine
Cleo
Flora
Harriet
Lola
Penelope
Polly
Sadie
Sally
Sorrel

Good god, is it compulsory to come on these threads and suggest Kit ?? Awful name. The car in Knightrider ffs

@lovelychops

Good god, is it compulsory to come on these threads and suggest Kit ?? Awful name. The car in Knightrider ffs

As soon as there's a celebrity with an unusual name (Kit Harrington) it always surges in popularity. People can't think outside the box for themselves. As soon as David and Victoria named their daughter Harper everyone jumped on that bandwagon too. People who think they are original end up being...well...unoriginal amongst everyone else choosing that name.

Heidi?

Pandora

@Cbeebiesrehab

@Germolenequeen you know exactly what is being implied and to pretend it’s not a class related comment is just beingdeliberately obtuse

No you chose to interpret it as such

@mathanxiety

@Germolenequeen
LOL. No class needs mentioning here

LOL- in your opinion

@mathanxiety I had fun with that cso thing.

My DC were born in the uk but we're back home now so there aren't 7 girls with my daughter's name in 2003, there are 8 and there aren't 12 boys with my son's name in 2006, there are 13~

@adrianmolesmole

Bodhi is appalling. Absolute man-bun of a name

That's the funniest thing I've read recently!

a man-bun of a name! yes, that's hilarious!. Nothing against the name Bodhi but I know a few ''man buns'' who should be called Bodhi. They wish!

@lovelychops

Good god, is it compulsory to come on these threads and suggest Kit ?? Awful name. The car in Knightrider ffs

Awful... in your opinion. I'm sure many people would think your top names are 'awful' and could make negative associations. I've liked Kit since I was a teenager and learned about Kit Marlowe. Loved the bohemian feel and sound of it. Can you not just think 'not for me' without being so damning and unpleasant about people's individual preferences? Not just you, but multiple people on this thread.

Maybe I'm just new to these baby names threads but my god, such unkindness on here. It's so easy to share opinions without unpleasantness.

Iris
Ada
Rudy
Quinn

I find Kit quite old fashioned and classic. I'm no spring chicken and was raised on Enid Blyton books so it has that famous five secret seven vibe!

I like Kit, but I'm not keen on shortenings as full names, and DH is too atheist to go for Christopher, so it never made the shortlist for us. And with the whole shortening thing, I'm happy to just accept that it's my particular taste and not come onto the baby name boards to sneer at anyone who calls their child Freddie or Harry or Jack or Sadie or Eliza because there's nothing wrong with those, either.

Suki or Sadie

Reuben
Sebastian
Caspar

Rosa
Romy
Lila

@DaisyWaldron

I know at least four people called Hester, three each of Athena and Micah, two called Allegra and Heloise and one each of Aurelia, Bede, Sorrel, Asa, Shoshana, Sage, Phineas and Torin.

Ive come across an Asa (love the name, lovely lovely bloke - was one of my favs but DH didn't even put it on his radar), Phineas (find that a bit too much tbh) and not a Sage or a Sorrel but a Coriander (yes real) before.

I think nature names are generally speaking in fashion - lots of girls named after flowers but there are plenty of more woodland type names too. So anything in this vein is fashionable atm. (This isn't new - it has ancient traditions dating back before Biblical names were the fashion)

For example I know of a Wren (which Ive always thought utterly beautiful by I don't think goes with India).

They are more hippy/lifestyle related than class imho.

India goes with anything nature like but I'd avoid anything too samey like another place. Asia doesn't work but Savannah would. Summer or Autumn would. Saffron is definitely up there. Rowan for girl or boy. Willow. Bryony. Aspen.

Personally im not keen on Bodhi. Bodhi is a surfer dude who is a bit dim. Rafferty lends itself to surname type names well and they fit with India. Or traditional sounding names with a bit of a twist which are a bit longer. Eg Everett, Emmett, Benedict, Bennett, Barnaby. I love Valentine but not sure how many kids could pull it off. But that sort of vein.